This album is a must have whether you are a Petty fan or not.

It's a straight up, jamming, tight, rocking album a bit reminiscent of their early albums but definitely 2014 fresh.

Eleven tracks at 45 mins. with no duds.  It just doesn't get much better.

Whether your preference is cd, ITunes, Rhapsody or whatever, do your self a favor and procure this album ASAP. I promise you will be rocking big time.

Rick

It's all about the music........and the beer of course!

show opener steve winwood!!

This track reminds me of the Stones. Keef-esque riff, rock solid Watts-like drumming, and harmonica like Mick.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nmQrwNP5Os

I love it.

I'm buying it!  I love Tom Petty music.  What a great rock and roller Gainesville's number one son has been all these years.

I saw that and was interested.  It's on my agenda.

mojoman wrote on Aug 2^nd, 2014 at 7:12pm:

show opener steve winwood!!

Mojo?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxrAZMiNsuQ

Heard maybe 2 cuts off this newbie. Fun stuff. Great guitar work. Just added a third show at red rocks. And yeah. Steve Winwood opens.

wrote on Aug 4^th, 2014 at 5:57pm:

Heard maybe 2 cuts off this newbie. Fun stuff. Great guitar work. Just added a third show at red rocks. And yeah. Steve Winwood opens.

jaxx? where the hell ya been for the last fifteen years?
good to se ya back. hows the rocky mountain high state treating you?

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Aug 4^th, 2014 at 2:05pm:

mojoman wrote on Aug 2nd, 2014 at 7:12pm: show opener steve winwood!! Mojo? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxrAZMiNsuQ

SCL?

http://youtu.be/aowSGxim_O8

mojoman wrote on Aug 4^th, 2014 at 6:08pm:

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Aug 4th, 2014 at 2:05pm: mojoman wrote on Aug 2nd, 2014 at 7:12pm: show opener steve winwood!! Mojo? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxrAZMiNsuQ SCL? http://youtu.be/aowSGxim_O8

Buy me a drink, sing me a song. Take me as I come because I can't stay long.  :booze :keithpunky

"jaxx? where the hell ya been for the last fifteen years?
good to se ya back. hows the rocky mountain high state treating you?"

Mais, oui. C'est moi! Nice to see you too. A little bit of this and a lot of that, And FAN-tast-IC.

Gimme some "o" that mojo, man...

Hey Jaxx!!! Great to see ya.

Congrats to TP and Heartbreakers. WAY OVERDUE!!!!

Chart Watch: Tom Petty's Record-Setting American Band

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/LadyJane1/Hear_Tom_Petty_s_Old-School_Rocker-8de08e54b3da0d1320cc51841cef1efd.jpg

Nearly 37 years after first cracking The Billboard 200 with their eponymous debut album, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have finally landed their first No. 1 album with Hypnotic Eye. This constitutes a new record for an American band. That's fitting, because Petty and the Heartbreakers, which formed in Florida and found their footing in Los Angeles, are a quintessential American band. Their debut album included the classic "American Girl."

This is the 15th top 10 album of Petty's career. That tally that includes nine albums with the Heartbreakers, three solo albums, two albums as a member of Traveling Wilburys, and one as a member of Mudcrutch. Hypnotic Eye is Petty's first No. 1, period, with or without the Heartbreakers

Petty and his band had climbed as high as No. 2 twice, with Damn the Torpedoes (which logged seven weeks in the runner-up spot in 1980) and Mojo (one week at No. 2 in 2010).

They're in San Francisco this weekend for the Outside Lands Festival. Haven't heard much of Hypnotic Eye. But congrats to Tom and band. Longtime fan. Seen them many times. Always good. Tough to get excited about an arena or festival show after seeing the at the Fillmore twice and at the Fonda in LA last year. Don't wanna hear the hits. Too many deep cuts I want to hear. Like this gem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8LpYob7J24

One thing I'd like to check with you guys: whenever I hear the opening of Fault Lines I think Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers are about to cover Walk Like An Egyptian by The Bangles. Does anyone else hear it or am I nuts? Just checkin..

I Like this album but like Mojo better.
http://youtu.be/i1C0RVfQGS4

Me too.

I like the first track, but tracks 2-5 are weak.

Tracks 6+ are much better - they should have changed the order and it would have helped bury some of the weak numbers.

Then again, I didn't care for Highway Companion until about the 10th listen.  Sometimes Tom takes a few good listens.

Tom Petty is awesome, and so is Neil Young. I was dumb enough to think that they were "overrated", but I was wrong.

The acoustic Wildflowers is an underrated Petty album.

I agree that some of the tracks off Hypnotic Eye sound like Petty from the first two albums.  But I hear shades of Long After Dark too.  And two of the tracks (Fault Lines and another I can't recall) have a very spanish sound, which is different than most anything I can recall from Petty.

Red River and All You Can Carry are the weakest tracks for me.

American Dream is great but my fave is Burnt Out Town. Nice blues track that sounds like it could have done by a band that we all seem to worship for some reason.

I don't skip any tracks when playing. It's not often that I get off on a complete album on first listen[super rare the past 2-3 decades] and it just gets better.

I'm ready for my first Petty concert 9/25.

Rick

I have just joined a Tom Petty tribute band as the Scott Thurston guy but am fairly new to his stuff besides the big hits.

Any deep cuts/gems I should drop everything and listen to?

Funny thing Maxmeister, All You Can Carry is probably my favorite track on the album. So to each his own I guess.

@Bucks: not exactly a deep cut, but IMO you can't be a Tom Petty tribute band if you don't play Rebels. There's this outstanding take on that song by DBT, see if you guys can raise the bar even further..

Not a deep cut by any means but certainly a gem. I love this version!

http://youtu.be/YeMAOImL1gU

Rebels is on the set list!

Starbuck wrote on Aug 19^th, 2014 at 11:23pm:

I have just joined a Tom Petty tribute band as the Scott Thurston guy but am fairly new to his stuff besides the big hits. Any deep cuts/gems I should drop everything and listen to?

There are a ton of great Petty deep cuts that he doesn't play nearly enough of live. Anything off the first album that isn't Breakdown or American Girl comes to mind.As well as this gem off of Hard Promises.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9SBMIgbOcA

Yeah Hard Promises has some great stuff too.
Goddam what a catalog they have.

Seems like everyone kills this tune.

http://youtu.be/ICXYoizAenM

http://youtu.be/vXU75ZBWMLw

http://youtu.be/6a8YfDtOVSE

My Favorite version
http://youtu.be/Dmhzd46Ox4I

StPeteStone wrote on Aug 26^th, 2014 at 10:30am:

Seems like everyone kills this tune. http://youtu.be/ICXYoizAenM http://youtu.be/vXU75ZBWMLw http://youtu.be/6a8YfDtOVSE My Favorite version http://youtu.be/Dmhzd46Ox4I

where's ya been tampa?

Hey Mojo..always lurking. Just living that beach life. :smoking

I was doing pretty good until today.

The Philly show is Monday. 
I have been trying not to think about it.
Although the set lists and reviews are amazing.

And work has been a little slow lately, and I just got over a nasty ass bout with food poisoning, so I have laid off the sauce and rested for a few whilst the antibios do their thing. 

Getting a little bored, you know?
Idle hands are the devil's playground, and right now, with a looming weekend and show…..the devil's playground is newly refurbished!!

There are other issues…complications, if you know what I mean.
I know a certain other partner in crime that is struggling with the same issue.
Some time on his hands, going to the same show, getting close to the weekend…..

And then there is the new release.
It really is pretty good Petty -- and it sounds better as the show nears.  That doesn't really help the situation.
First you listen a bit, then you air guitar, then you go plug in and really try to rip it.

It's Thursday, son.
Calm down.

Okay, okay…..calm down.
Hydrate.
Just hydrate….

I have floor seats for Philly.

Won't be much fun, I'm sure.
Look at that baby blue Tele...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIeGVtvp--s

after alot of listens, Hypnotic Eye kicks ass… thoroughly.

Philly was good. He did all of the big hits and about 4 new cuts. No deep cuts at all.

Some things I noticed from my floor seats:

1. The new songs were reason to go get two more beers.
2. Every song was a singalong.
3.  Tom Petty die hards gave the new material a great response.
4. The sound system was good, but not nearly as good as what the Stones show sounded like.

Thanks Steelie...thinking of hitting the show in Raleigh on Thursday...it's about 60% sold at this time...

The new album is so strong and they are in fine form. I didn't leave my seat at all. Get a ticket and sing along with them!